Editing Police and Thieves - Zazie Scrapbook (section)

==Smokes and Powder==
An unofficial and entirely illicit operation, Smokes and Powder is the underground 'trade name' of Zazie Smokes' illegal arms dealing network. With contacts in customs, and the port authority, Zazie procures weaponry in bulk: her suppliers making a pretty penny on the mark-up while she flips the guns on the Spire's black market for a greater mark-up still. What sets Smokes and Power apart from its competition is Zazie's available capital: allowing her to source from legitimate manufacturers (or those with legitimately manufactured guns) - making her weaponry significantly more refined than the illicitly manufactured alternatives (the typical 'home-grown' option).  

Smokes and Powder rents warehouse space as and when required through a variety of channels. And Zazie herself has several safe-houses leased under alternate identities - out of which she conducts much of her illegal business dealings. A significant amount of the profit Smokes and Powder generates is swiftly funnelled back into Hartnell & Dubois Incorporated - funding Isabelle's gentle undercutting of her competition.